He was over six feet tall, handsome and had bucket loads of charisma so Warner Bros whisked him off to tinseltown. The unknown Errol was cast as Captain Blood and became an instant star and screen heartthrob. In private life, Errol adopted a care-free attitude on the basis of try everything at least once and live life to the full. By the 1950s he looked 20 years older than his age and his health remained in decline. He made three films at Elstree Studios, two of which co-starred Anna Neagle, which was not an obvious match.